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Stephen Weiss has been bought out of the final three years of his contract by the Detroit Red Wings.

After spending his first 11 seasons with the Florida Panthers, Weiss signed a five-year, $24.5M with Detroit starting in the 2013-14 season. However he only scored 29 points in 78 games over his first two seasons in Detroit due to a myriad of injuries. The Red Wings will carry a $1,066,666 cap hit the next two seasons, a $2,566,666 cap hit in 2017-18, and a $1,666,666 cap hit the final three seasons of the buyout. Tue, Jun 30, 2015 05:33:00 PM

Stephen Weiss isn't sure if he'll have a role with the Detroit Red Wings in 2015-16.

"After the way things ended this year? No, not really," Weiss said. "I gotta earn a spot, there's no doubt about it. Similar as last season, I knew the same thing coming into this year. I was going to have to earn a spot, and I feel the same way next year." Weiss had nine goals and 25 points in 52 contests in 2014-15. He signed a five-year, $24.5-million contract with Detroit in the summer of 2013 and that's proven to be a bad deal for the Red Wings. Mon, May 4, 2015 03:06:00 PM

Red Wings forwards Stephen Weiss and Daniel Cleary will be held out of the lineup once again for Game 6 Monday night against the Lightning.

Weiss has not dressed since Game 2 back on April 16th and was held off the score sheet in the two games he’s played this series. He continues to be an extra skater during the teams practice and isn’t likely to see game action unless a teammate goes down with an injury if the Wings are to advance in the postseason. Cleary has yet to dress in the series versus the Lightning and, like Weiss, will most likely be on the roster as insurance in case of an injury. Mon, Apr 27, 2015 05:40:00 PM

Depth Charts

Zetterberg's tally gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at the 18:27 mark of the first period. It was his first goal since Oct. 18 (22 games). The Red Wings captain now has five goals and 17 points in 30 games this season. Zetterberg appears to be drop-able in most standard fantasy leagues.

Dylan Larkin earned an assist in a 4-3 overtime loss to Colorado on Sunday.

Larkin already has more helpers (16) after 21 games than he had in 80 matches last season when he picked up a total of 15. He leads the Red Wings in scoring with 20 points this campaign. Larkin also has two goals and three assists during a three-game point streak. He should easily establish new highs in helpers and points in 2017-18 if he continues at his current pace.

Frans Nielsen scored the only goal for Detroit in a 6-1 loss to St. Louis on Saturday afternoon.

Nielsen's eighth marker of the season came in the third period after the Blues had a 4-0 lead. He has generated 12 points in 29 games this year. Luke Glendening and Jonathan Ericsson had the assists on the Red Wings' lone goal.

Luke Glendening scored the Detroit Red Wings' lone goal in a 10-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

Glendening's goal came much too late for the Detroit Red Wings to make a comeback in their blowout loss. It was his sixth of the season. The center now has six goals and seven points in 27 games this season.

Anthony Mantha scored a goal and an assist in Thursday's 6-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.

Mantha's first-period goal tied the game at one. He also picked up an assist on Frans Nielsen's power play tally late in the third frame. Mantha finished the game with a minus-1 rating and four shots on goal in 19:41 of ice time. The Red Wings forward now has 12 goals and 22 points in 26 games.

Gustav Nyquist scored two goals and an assist in Tuesday's 5-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets.

That's one way for the Red Wings to put their seven-game losing streak to bed. Nyquist picked up the primary assist on Justin Abdelkader's first-period goal before adding one of his own four minutes later. He then gave his team a 3-1 lead early in the third period. Nyquist has eight goals and 15 points in 28 games this season. The Red Wings forward hadn't scored in eight games coming into Tuesday's action.

Witkowski has finished serving his 10-game suspension after he came back on the ice to get involved in a line brawl with the Calgary Flames back on Nov. 15. He doesn't have a point in eight outings this season.

Only the Buffalo Sabres defensemen have scored less often. Wings blue liner Mike Green has scored two of those five contests. "It's important to us, probably like every team, that our D are active in the rush; it's something we work on every day in practice," Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "You have to have four, really five, now in the attack to have a good chance to score. I think we can do a better job on those line rushes potentially delaying and hitting some of the late guys, being the D."

Danny DeKeyser has struggled since he returned to the lineup from an ankle injury.

In 10 games, DeKeyser has no points and a minus-11 rating. "I think it's been taking me a little bit to get going to where I want to be," he said. "I felt good (in Monday's 2-1 overtime loss to Florida), I thought my legs were better, I was moving a bit better on the ice, felt stronger. At the same time, I was out six weeks, so it's going to take a little bit to come back from that." DeKeyser believes his game will turn around soon though because he is feeling better.

Kronwall got his first goal of the year Sunday against Colorado and he scored again Wednesday night versus Edmonton. The veteran defender registered only two goals and 13 points in 57 appearances last year. Kronwall has five points in 19 games, but he isn't worth rostering in the majority of fantasy leagues at this time.

Nick Jensen picked up three assists in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He registered the primary assists on Henrik Zetterberg's first-period goal and Jonathan Ericsson's tally in the second frame. He also helped set up Tomas Tatar's goal in the second period. Jensen finished the game with a plus-2 rating and two hits in 18:05 of ice time. The 27-year-old now has four assists in seven contests this season. He isn't worthy of a pickup in any fantasy league at this time, though.

Petr Mrazek was pulled after allowing five goals on 25 shots in a 10-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

Mrazek and Jimmy Howard both allowed five goals in the loss, but Mrazek will get credit for the loss against Montreal. Mrazek's record falls to 2-4-1 with a 3.36 goals-against-average and an .891 save percentage.